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2022-07-02 -Land of the Free
Bill Gates wins legal approval to buy huge swath of North Dakota farmland worth $13.5M after outcry from residents who say they are being exploited by the ultra-rich
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top
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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-02 08:30||   2022-07-02 08:30|| Front Page Top

#2 270000 / 896.6 million = 0.000301138
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-02 08:35||   2022-07-02 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 The map makes it look like he owns a third of the land in the US. If just his holdings in each state were represented in green, most of the green lines would be too thin to see.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-02 08:40||   2022-07-02 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 It looks like Bill bought all the arable land in New Mexico.
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-07-02 10:51||   2022-07-02 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 If the land is not used to grow crops or graze stock at the usual utilization per acre rate, tax it at a commercial rate.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-02 11:51||   2022-07-02 11:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Geez the old timey robber barrons used to spend some of their obscene riches putting up a few hospitals and libraries once in a while
Posted by Glomp Thud5854 2022-07-02 13:18||   2022-07-02 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 If the land is not used to grow crops or graze stock...

A number of USDA programs such as the Conservation Stewardship Program pay 'farmers' to not use their land.

Rage may know more about taxing the income.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-02 17:46||   2022-07-02 17:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Gates is the largest single owner of US farmland, with some 270,000 acres

I find this surprising for the U.S..I've worked on sheep stations bigger than that
Posted by Classer 2022-07-02 19:26||   2022-07-02 19:26|| Front Page Top

#9 He will probably use the land to grow his crappy beef that nobody wants to eat. No real need to around here. There is plenty of roadkill available throughout NE Ohio. As long as they don't vaccinate all the squirrels, it is probably a safer and tastier diet for me.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-07-02 20:58||   2022-07-02 20:58|| Front Page Top

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